142379 - Add reference link to address card when "copying" between address books

Status: NEW

(MailNews Core :: Address Book, enhancement, P3)

Description

[hanasaki]

The request is to add referential integrity to the addy book.  If a entry is
dragged from one address book to another, an implicit copy is done.  The request
is to store the entry only once and reference it from any address book that
contains it.  This would keep the info sync'ed in all reference and reduce disk
consumption.

Comment 1

[Jim Booth]

Workaround is to use multiple LISTS within the same Address Book because lists
are just pointers to subsets of the same set of records. (i.e. cards in 2
different lists in the same address book are really the same card.)

Comment 2

[Aaron Lawrence]

Don't you think that many people would EXPECT it to be a copy, and would be
surprised and annoyed if the original changed when they edited the copy?
Possibly if it was an option to update the original, but that seems like overkill.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 5

[James B. Higgs]

I would like to see this RFE implemented, as well. Request that it be re-opened.

Thanx,
Jim H. (aka CuriousJ)

Comment 6

[James B. Higgs]

I only want one "true card" for each person in my Address Books. I want to be able to create links to that card in other Address books, and be able to edit either the original or any of the copies and have them all updated.

Thanx,
Jim H. (aka CuriousJ)